Given the potential scope and capabilities of quantum technology, it is absolutely crucial not to repeat the mistakes made with AI—where regulatory failure has given the world algorithmic bias that hypercharges human prejudices, social media that favors conspiracy theories, and attacks on the institutions of democracy fueled by AI-generated fake news and social media posts.
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In today’s world, it’s better to study technology and work on big problems, writes former Triangle tech entrepreneur turned academic and author Vivek Wadhwa.
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Editor’s note: Former Research Triangle tech entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa is the author of Driver in the Driverless Car, which explores how we can create the amazing future of Star Trek. And he is a distinguished fellow at Carnegie Mellon Engineering at Silicon Valley and Harvard Law School. He is a...
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Esteemed academic Vivek Wadhwa says we are entering an era of designer babies. Scientists will soon be able to edit human embryos with the aim of eliminating debilitating disease, selecting physical traits such as skin and eye color, or even adding extra intelligence. Find out more what he has to say here.
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Go into any bar in New York City or San Francisco (or increasingly Mumbai and Sydney) popular with the younger crowd and you will find a curious transformation. The majority of the patrons spend at least as much time checking their phones as they do checking out potential mates or talking to people they are with. Why? They are on Tinder.
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Defects in the design of Facebook’s WhatsApp platform may have led to as many as two dozen people losing their lives in India, and Facebook needs to fix the app, says technologist and author Vivek Wadhwa.
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The refrain we commonly hear is that we need to unplug and disconnect. Conceptually, this recommendation may feel good as a way to take back total control and to put technology back in its place as a subservient, optional tool. But using technology is no longer a matter of choice. So what do we do?
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Whether on the left or the right, we are now so addicted to the erratic stream of controversy from President Trump that we must, must, must check our social media far more often to witness the latest twist. In other words, we are now a national Skinner Box experiment, a country of rats waiting for the food pellet to fall.
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When Silicon Valley Forum informed me I was to be a recipient of its 21st visionary awards, I was in disbelief. I have long been a critic of the ways of Silicon Valley. Yet I am also a fan.
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